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Alphitonia excelsa

Alphitonia excelsa

Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Reiss. ex Benth.
Engl.: red ash, leather jacket.
Bot. syn.: Colubrina excelsa Fenzl.

Rhamnus Purshiana (U. S. P.)—Cascara Sagrada.

Botanical name: 
Alphitonia excelsa
Colubrina asiatica
Colubrina elliptica
Frangula alnus
Frangula californica
Frangula caroliniana
Frangula purshiana
Rhamnus alnifolia
Rhamnus crocea
Rhamnus lanceolata

Fig. 207. Geniune Cascara sagrada. Classic texts: King's 1898.

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